_________________I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolutionI could be an inmate in a long-term institutionI could dream to wide extremes, I could do or dieI could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go byWhat a waste...

The son of a ranch owner in Snyder, Texas, Boothe was the first in his family to go to university and began acting in the 1970s.

He made his film debut in 1977 Richard Dreyfuss film The Goodbye Girl and had a number of other small roles, but his big break came in 1980 when he bagged the title role as cult leader Jim Jones in the TV movie Guyana Tragedy: The Story Of Jim Jones.

The part was followed by another leading role, in 1983 TV series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye.

The following year he starred in Red Dawn, which imagines a US conflict with the Soviet Union. Actress Lea Thompson, who also appeared in the film, tweeted her sadness at Boothe's death.

"I loved acting with you, you were a gentlemen and a great actor," she said.

His funeral will be a private service held in Texas and his family are considering a public memorial later in the year, his agent said.

_________________I could be the catalyst that sparks the revolutionI could be an inmate in a long-term institutionI could dream to wide extremes, I could do or dieI could yawn and be withdrawn and watch the world go byWhat a waste...

Dontae Freeman, a spokesman for the Detroit Police Department, said in an interview that officers responded around midnight at the MGM Grand casino to an apparent suicide of a white man, born July 20, 1964, who was pronounced dead on the scene. He would not confirm the victim’s name; Mr. Cornell’s date of birth is July 20, 1964.

Mr. Freeman said that the victim’s wife had called a family friend to check on the man; the family friend forced his way into the man’s room at the casino and found him unresponsive on the bathroom floor.

The victim was found with a band around his neck, Mr. Freeman said. The police would not confirm that the victim died of a suicide, though the preliminary determination was an “apparent suicide,” Mr. Freeman said. He added that more details would be released in a statement later Thursday.

Fox News anchors learned of the death of former chairman and CEO Roger Ailes from DrudgeFox News anchors learned of death of former chairman and CEO from DrudgeFox published a breaking news segment on Twitter following Roger Ailes' deathSteve Doocy said: 'They have published, Drudge has, a statement from his wife’Ainsley Earhardt added: ‘Beth you are in our thoughts and our prayers, and so is Zachary, their beautiful son. Roger, rest in peace.'Ailes died aged 77, according to his wife, who released statement to Matt DrudgeBy Jenny Stanton For Dailymail.comPUBLISHED: 14:14 BST, 18 May 2017 | UPDATED: 16:37 BST, 18 May 2017

Fox News anchors learned of the death of former chairman and CEO Roger Ailes from DrudgeFox News anchors learned of death of former chairman and CEO from DrudgeFox published a breaking news segment on Twitter following Roger Ailes' deathSteve Doocy said: 'They have published, Drudge has, a statement from his wife’Ainsley Earhardt added: ‘Beth you are in our thoughts and our prayers, and so is Zachary, their beautiful son. Roger, rest in peace.'Ailes died aged 77, according to his wife, who released statement to Matt DrudgeBy Jenny Stanton For Dailymail.comPUBLISHED: 14:14 BST, 18 May 2017 | UPDATED: 16:37 BST, 18 May 2017

I heard Glenn Beck tell an anecdote on the radio today about Roger Ailes.

Beck was visiting Ailes' home and saw an old black and white photo in Ailes' office. In the photo Ailes was standing in the White House Oval office pointing downwards at nothing.Beck asked him what the picture was about. Roger explained that this was back around 1969. Aisles was at the White House and they had arranged for Pres. Nixon to do a live conversation with Neil Armstrong from the moon. They were going to do a split screen of it (Nixon in one frame and Armstrong in the other). Nixon was supposed to look in a specific direction so it would appear as if he was looking right at Armstrong. So in the photo, Ailes was pointing at the direction that Nixon was supposed to look so as to appear to be looking at Armstrong. This was the first time that a split screen had ever been done on television---it was a Roger Ailes invention.

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